{"id":110940,"date":"2022-01-30T08:24:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T13:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110940"},"modified":"2022-01-31T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:31:48","slug":"volunteer-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110940","title":{"rendered":"January 30, 2022 | Current Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>AIDSNET, Bethlehem <\/strong>needs community members &amp; professionals (lawyer, CPA, clergy, physician, etc.) who live in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton or Schuylkill County to join our board of directors and help oversee our organization&#8217;s mission of building healthier communities by planning and funding HIV\/AIDS Care and Prevention Services in those six counties. All meetings are held every other month at our Bethlehem office. Contact Vickey McKinzey-Gonzalez, 610-882-1119, <a href=\"mailto:executive.director@aidsnetpa.org\">executive.director@aidsnetpa.org<\/a>. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R7utmEAB\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R7utmEAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMUNITY BIKE WORKS, Lehigh Valley <\/strong>is looking for volunteers to coordinate Bike Drives within your family, workplace, and social networks. We accept bikes in any condition. Our focus is 20&#8243; wheels and larger. If you gather the bikes, we&#8217;ll pick them up if you have 10 or more. Contact 610-434-1140, <a href=\"mailto:james@communitybikeworks.org\">james@communitybikeworks.org<\/a>. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9H4pEAF\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9H4pEAF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HISPANIC CENTER LEHIGH VALLEY, Bethlehem <\/strong>seeks hardworking volunteers to assist with stocking shelves after Second Harvest monthly delivery 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month. Must be able to lift 15\u201320-pound boxes of food. Shifts can be flexible for individuals or groups up to 4. Contact Diana Sanchez, 610-868-7800, x245, <a href=\"mailto:diana.sanchez@sluhn.org\">diana.sanchez@sluhn.org<\/a>. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9GHcEAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9GHcEAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEHIGH VALLEY ZOO, Schnecksville <\/strong>is looking for volunteers to help make a visit to the LV Zoo an experience for our guests to remember for a lifetime! Many positions available include docent, crafts &amp; activities, zoo clean team member, and more. LV Zoo open ALL YEAR from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (Nov-Mar) and 10 a.m. -4 p.m. (Apr-Oct). Minimum age is 13. Contact Katie Lerch, 610-799-4171 x 241, <a href=\"mailto:klerch@lvzoo.org\">klerch@lvzoo.org<\/a>. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9JS9EAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9JS9EAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES, Allentown <\/strong>is seeking adult individuals, or groups up to 5, to come during the weekday to participate in our Daybreak program. The first half of the day (9 a.m. -12 noon) consists of life skills programming and the second half of the day (1-4 p. m.) is recreational, i.e., bingo, games. Contact Chris Moran, 610-433-6421 x6113, <a href=\"mailto:cmoran@lehighchurches.org\">cmoran@lehighchurches.org<\/a>. Website Link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9HY2EAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9HY2EAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE LITERACY CENTER, Allentown <\/strong>is looking for virtual volunteers to teach or assist with teaching English as Second Language. Volunteer 2 days a week, Monday through Thursday, either 9 a.m. \u2013 12 noon session, or 6-8 p.m. session. Training &amp; support provided. Contact Treeza Anthony, 610-435-0680 x804, <a href=\"mailto:tanthony@theliteracycenter-lv.org\">tanthony@theliteracycenter-lv.org. <\/a>Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9JRzEAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9JRzEAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WHOLE LIFE CENTER, Easton <\/strong>needs strong volunteers 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays to help unload the truck from Sam\u2019s Club, weigh each box, put food in freezers or fridge, then reload truck for additional deliveries. Max group of 4 and all volunteers must be over 18 and under 65: we cannot accept volunteers for community service hours. Contact Donna Lavin, 610-746- 6405, <a href=\"mailto:donna@wholelifectr.org\">donna@wholelifectr.org<\/a>. Webpage link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8US9EAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8US9EAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHITEHALL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY <\/strong>is looking for community members to join our Board of Directors and assist in our mission to share and preserve the history of Whitehall. New recruits must be approved by current board members and attend monthly meetings, participate in fundraising &amp; special events, help to maintain archives, and more. Contact Alice Liberman, 610-776-7280, <a href=\"mailto:whps@verizon.net\">whps@verizon.net<\/a>. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9HetEAF\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R9HetEAF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>For more volunteer opportunities please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIDSNET, Bethlehem needs community members &amp; professionals (lawyer, CPA, clergy, physician, etc.) who live in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton or Schuylkill County to join our board of directors and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110940\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January 30, 2022 | Current Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482,5722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2","category-volunteer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Volunteer-LV.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}